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Appendix A - Cross-References to Business Law and Legal Studies Textbooks
Pages 713-714: These edits update the Appendix to reflect the most recent editions of all of
the textbooks we reference.
BUSINESS LAW TEXTBOOKS
Anderson, Twomey, and Jennings, Anderson’s Business Law and the Legal Environment, Twentyfirst Edition, South-Western College Publishing, 2011.
Ashcroft and Ashcroft, Law for Business, Seventeenth Edition, South-Western College Publishing,
2010.
Ashcroft and Ashcroft, Law for Business, Eighteenth Edition, South-Western College Publishing,
2014.
Bagley, Managers and the Legal Environment: Strategies for the 21st Century, Seventh Edition,
South-Western College Publishing, 2013.
Bagley and Savage, Managers and the Legal Environment: Strategies for the 21st Century, Sixth
Edition, South-Western College Publishing, 2010.
Barnes, Dworkin, and Richards, Law for Business, Eleventh Edition, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2012.
Beatty, Business Law and the Legal Environment, Fifth Edition, South-Western College/West,
2008.
Beatty and Samuelson, Business Law and the Legal Environment, Sixth Edition, South-Western
College/West, 2013.
Bohlman and Dundas, The Legal, Ethical, and International Environment of Business, Sixth Edition,
South-Western College Publishing Co., 2005.
Cheeseman, Business Law: Legal Environment, Online Commerce, Business Ethics, and
International Issues, Sixth Edition, Prentice Hall, Inc., 2010.
Cheeseman, Business Law: Legal Environment, Online Commerce, Business Ethics, and
International Issues, Eighth Edition, Prentice Hall, 2013.
Cheeseman, Contemporary Business Law and Online Commerce Law, Seventh Edition, Prentice
Hall, Inc., 2012.
Clarkson, Miller, Jentz, and Cross, West’s Business Law Text and Cases: Legal, Ethical,
Regulatory, International and E-Commerce Environment, Eleventh Edition, South-Western
College Publishing, 2009.
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Clarkson, Miller, and Cross, Business Law: Text and Cases: Legal, Ethical, Global, and Corporate
Environment, Twelfth Edition, South-Western College Publishing, 2012.
Clarkson, Miller, and Cross, Business Law: Texts and Cases, Thirteenth Edition, Cengage
Learning, 2015.
Cross and Miller, The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases: Ethical, Regulatory, Global,
and Corporate Issues, Eighth Edition, South-Western College Publishing, 2012.
Cross and Miller, The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases, Ninth Edition, Cengage
Learning, 2015.
Davidson and Forsythe, Business in the Contemporary Legal Environment, Aspen Publishers,
2013.
Davidson, Forsythe, and Knowles, Business Law: Principles and Cases in the Legal Environment,
First Edition, Aspen Publishers, 2011.
Davidson, Knowles, and Forsythe, Business Law: Principles and Cases in the Legal Environment,
Eighth Edition, South-Western College Publishing, 2004.
Fisher and Phillips, The Legal, Ethical, and Regulatory Environment of Business, Ninth Edition,
South-Western College Publishing, 2007.
Hollowell and Miller, Business Law, Text and Exercises, Sixth Edition, South-Western College
Publishing, 2010.
Hollowell and Miller, Business Law: Text and Exercises, Seventh Edition, South-Western College
Publishing, 2014.
Jentz, Miller, and Cross, West’s Business Law, Alternate Edition, Eleventh Edition, South-Western
College Publishing, 2010.
Kubasek, Dynamic Business Law, Second Edition, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2012.
Kubasek, Brennan, and Browne, The Legal Environment of Business: A Critical Thinking Approach,
Sixth Edition, Prentice Hall Business Publishing, 2012.
Mann and Roberts, Business Law and the Regulation of Business, Tenth Edition, South-Western
College Publishing, 2010.
Mann and Roberts, Business Law and the Regulation of Business, Eleventh Edition, SouthWestern College Publishing, 2014.
Mann and Roberts, Smith and Roberson’s Business Law, Fifteenth Edition, South-Western College
Publishing, 2011.
McAdams, Law, Business, and Society, Ninth Edition, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2009.
McAdams, Law, Business, and Society, Tenth Edition, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2012.
Miller, Fundamentals of Business Law: Summarized Cases, Ninth Edition, South-Western College
Publishing, 2013.
Miller and Cross, Business Law, Alternate Edition, Twelfth Edition, South-Western College
Publishing, 2013.
Cross and Miller Miller and Cross, The Legal Environment Today: Business in its Ethical,
Regulatory, E-Commerce, and Global Setting, Sixth Edition, South-Western College Publishing,
2010.
Miller and Cross, The Legal Environment Today: Business in its Ethical, Regulatory, E-Commerce,
and Global Setting, Seventh Edition, South-Western College Publishing, 2013.
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Miller and Jentz, Business Law Today, Standard Edition, Ninth Edition, South-Western College
Publishing, 2010.
Miller and Jentz, Business Law Today: Text and Summarized Cases, Standard Edition, Tenth
Edition, South-Western College Publishing, 2014.
Miller and Jentz, Fundamentals of Business Law: Summarized Cases, Eighth Edition, SouthWestern College Publishing, 2010.
Reed, Shedd, Morehead, and Pagnattaro, The Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business,
Fifteenth Edition, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, Inc., 2010.
Reed, Pagnattaro, Cahoy, Shedd, and Morehead, The Legal and Regulatory Environment of
Business, Sixteenth Edition, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2013.
Twomey and Jennings, Anderson’s Business Law and the Legal Environment, Twenty-second
Edition, South-Western College Publishing, 2014.
Pages 714-730: The following are newly added textbooks.
BUSINESS LAW TEXTBOOKS
Ashcroft and Ashcroft, Law for Business, Eighteenth Edition, South-Western College Publishing, 2014.
Part I - The Legal System and the Legal Environment of Business
Chapter 1 - Introduction to Law - SU 1, SU 4
Chapter 2 - Courts and Court Procedures - SU 2, SU 3
Chapter 3 - Business Torts and Crimes - SU 6, SU 7, 22.5
Chapter 4 - Government Regulation of Business - SU 33, SUs 35-38
Part II - Contracts
Chapter 5 - Nature and Classes of Contracts - 8.1
Chapter 6 - Offer and Acceptance - 8.2-8.3
Chapter 7 - Capacity to Contract - 10.1
Chapter 8 - Consideration - SU 9
Chapter 9 - Defective Agreements - 10.3
Chapter 10 - Illegal Agreements - 10.2
Chapter 11 - Written Contracts - 10.4
Chapter 12 - Third Parties and Contracts - SU 12
Chapter 13 - Termination of Contracts - SU 11
Part III - Personal Property
Chapter 14 - Nature of Personal Property - 21.1-21.2
Chapter 15 - Special Bailments - 21.3-21.4
Part IV - Sales
Chapter 16 - Sales of Personal Property - 13.1-13.3
Chapter 17 - Formalities of a Sale - 14.1-14.5
Chapter 18 - Transfer of Title and Risk in Sales Contracts - 13.4-13.5
Chapter 19 - Warranties, Product Liability, and Consumer Protection - 14.6, SU 37
Part V - Negotiable Instruments
Chapter 20 - Nature of Negotiable Instruments - 15.1
Chapter 21 - Essentials of Negotiability - 15.3
Chapter 22 - Promissory Notes and Drafts - 15.2
Chapter 23 - Negotiation and Discharge - 15.4, 16.2
Chapter 24 - Liabilities of Parties and Holders in Due Course - 15.5, 16.1
Chapter 25 - Defenses - 15.5
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Part VI - Agency and Employment
Chapter 26 - Nature and Creation of an Agency - 29.1
Chapter 27 - Operation and Termination of an Agency - 29.2-29.5
Chapter 28 - Employer and Employee Relations - 29.1, SU 38
Chapter 29 - Employees’ Rights - 38.1-38.6
Chapter 30 - Labor Legislation - 38.1
Part VII - Business Organization
Chapter 31 - Introduction to Business Organizations - 30.1, 30.5-30.6, 31.1
Chapter 32 - Creation and Operation of a Partnership - 30.1-30.3
Chapter 33 - Dissolution of a Partnership - 30.4
Chapter 34 - Nature of a Corporation - 31.1-31.2
Chapter 35 - Ownership of a Corporation - 31.3-31.4
Chapter 36 - Management and Dissolution of a Corporation - SU 32
Part VIII - Risk-Bearing Devices
Chapter 37 - Principles of Insurance - 34.1
Chapter 38 - Types of Insurance - 34.2-34.4
Chapter 39 - Security Devices - SU 18, SU 19, SU 25, SU 26
Chapter 40 - Bankruptcy - SU 20
Part IX - Real Property
Chapter 41 - Nature of Real Property - SU 23
Chapter 42 - Transfer of Real Property - SU 24
Chapter 43 - Real Estate Mortgages - SU 25
Chapter 44 - Landlord and Tenant - SU 27
Chapter 45 - Wills, Inheritances, and Trusts - SU 28
Bagley, Managers and the Legal Environment: Strategies for the 21st Century, Seventh Edition, South-Western
College Publishing, 2013.
Unit I: Foundations of the Legal Environment
Chapter 1 - Law, Value Creation, and Risk Management - 1.1, 40.1
Chapter 2 - Ethics and the Law - 1.1, 40.1
Chapter 3 - Courts, Sources of Law, and Dispute Resolution - 1.2-1.4, SU 2, 3.1-3.5
Chapter 4 - Constitutional Bases for Business Regulation - SU 4
Chapter 5 - Agency - SU 29
Chapter 6 - Administrative Law - SU 5
Unit II: The Legal Environment
Chapter 7 - Contracts - SUs 8-12
Chapter 8 - Sales, Licensing, and E-Commerce - SUs 13-14, SU 22
Chapter 9 - Torts and Privacy Protection - 7.1-7.6
Chapter 10 - Product Liability - 7.7
Chapter 11 - Intellectual Property - 21.1, SU 22
Unit III: Human Resources in the Legal and Regulatory Environment
Chapter 12 - The Employment Agreement - 38.1
Chapter 13 - Civil Rights and Employment Discrimination - 38.2
Unit IV: The Regulatory Environment
Chapter 14 - Criminal Law - SU 6
Chapter 15 - Environmental Law - SU 35
Chapter 16 - Antitrust - SU 36, 39.2
Chapter 17 - Consumer Protection - SU 37
Chapter 18 - Real Property and Land Use - SUs 23-25
Unit V: Corporate Governance, Ownership, and Control
Chapter 19 - Forms of Business Organizations - SUs 30-32
Chapter 20 - Directors, Officers, and Controlling Shareholders - 32.1-32.3
Unit VI: Securities and Financial Transactions
Chapter 21 - Public and Private Offerings of Securities - SU 33
Chapter 22 - Securities Fraud and Insider Trading - SU 33
Chapter 23 - Debtor-Creditor Relations and Bankruptcy - SU 19, SU 20
Unit VII: International Business
Chapter 24 - International Law and Transactions - SU 39
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Beatty and Samuelson, Business Law and the Legal Environment, Sixth Edition, South-Western College/West,
2013.
Unit I - The Legal Environment
Chapter 1 - Introduction to Law - SU 1
Chapter 2 - Business Ethics and Social Responsibility - 1.1, 40.1
Chapter 3 - Dispute Resolution - 3.6
Chapter 4 - Common Law, Statutory Law, and Administrative Law - 1.3-1.4, SU 5
Chapter 5 - Constitutional Law - SU 4
Chapter 6 - Intentional Torts and Business Torts - SU 7
Chapter 7 - Negligence and Strict Liability - 7.5-7.7
Chapter 8 - Crime - SU 6, 22.5
Chapter 9 - International Law - SU 39
Unit II - Contracts
Chapter 10 - Introduction to Contracts - 8.1
Chapter 11 - Agreement - SU 8
Chapter 12 - Consideration - SU 9
Chapter 13 - Legality - 10.2
Chapter 14 - Capacity and Consent - 10.1, 10.3
Chapter 15 - Written Contracts - 10.4
Chapter 16 - Third Parties - SU 12
Chapter 17 - Performance and Discharge - 11.1-11.3
Chapter 18 - Remedies - 11.4
Chapter 19 - Practical Contracts - N/A
Unit III - Commercial Transactions
Chapter 20 - Introduction to Sales - 13.1-13.3
Chapter 21 - Ownership and Risk - 13.4-13.5
Chapter 22 - Warranties and Product Liability - 14.6
Chapter 23 - Performance and Remedies - 14.1-14.5
Unit IV - Additional CPA Topics
Chapter 24 - Secured Transactions - SU 18
Chapter 25 - Creating a Negotiable Instrument - 15.1-15.3
Chapter 26 - Liability for Negotiable Instruments - 16.1-16.2
Chapter 27 - Accountants’ Liability - SU 40
Unit V - Agency and Employment Law
Chapter 28 - Agency Law - 29.4
Chapter 29 - Employment Law - SU 38
Chapter 30 - Labor Law - 38.1
Unit VI - Business Organizations
Chapter 31 - Starting a Business: LLCs and Other Options - 30.6
Chapter 32 - Partnerships - 30.1-30.5
Chapter 33 - Life and Death of a Corporation - SU 31
Chapter 34 - Corporate Management - 32.2
Chapter 35 - Shareholders - 32.3
Chapter 36 - Securities Regulation - SU 33
Chapter 37 - Bankruptcy - SU 20
Unit VII - Government Regulation
Chapter 38 - Antitrust - SU 36, 39.2
Chapter 39 - Consumer Law - SU 37
Chapter 40 - Environmental Law - SU 35
Unit VIII - Cyberlaw
Chapter 41 - Cyberlaw - SU 22
Chapter 42 - Intellectual Property - 22.3
Chapter 43 - Real Property and Landlord Tenant - N/A
Chapter 44 - Personal Property and Bailment - SU 21
Chapter 45 - Planning for the Future: Estates and Insurance - SU 28, SU 34
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Cheeseman, Business Law: Legal Environment, Online Commerce, Business Ethics, and International Issues,
Eighth Edition, Prentice Hall, 2013.
Part I - Legal Environment of Business and E-Commerce
Chapter 1 - Legal Heritage and the Digital Age - SU 1
Chapter 2 - Courts and Jurisdiction - SU 2
Chapter 3 - Judicial, Alternative, and E-Dispute Resolution - SU 3
Chapter 4 - Constitutional Law for Business and E-Commerce - SU 4
Part II - Torts, Crimes, and Intellectual Property
Chapter 5 - Intentional Torts and Negligence - 7.1-7.5, 22.4
Chapter 6 - Product and Strict Liability - 7.6-7.7
Chapter 7 - Intellectual Property and Cyber Piracy - 21.1, 22.3
Chapter 8 - Criminal Law and Cyber Crimes - SU 6, 22.5
Part III - Contracts and E-Commerce
Chapter 9 - Nature of Traditional and E-Contracts - 8.1
Chapter 10 - Agreement - 8.2-8.3
Chapter 11 - Consideration and Promissory Estoppel - SU 9
Chapter 12 - Capacity and Legality - 10.1-10.2
Chapter 13 - Genuineness of Assent and Undue Influence - 10.3
Chapter 14 - Statute of Frauds and Equitable Exceptions - 10.4, 11.1
Chapter 15 - Third-Party Rights and Discharge - 11.3, SU 12
Chapter 16 - Remedies for Breach of Traditional and E-Contracts - 11.4
Chapter 17 - E-Commerce and Digital Law - 22.1-22.2
Part IV - Sales and Lease Contracts
Chapter 18 - Formation of Sales and Lease Contracts - 13.1-13.3
Chapter 19 - Title to Goods and Risk of Loss - 13.4-13.5, 14.1-14.2
Chapter 20 - Remedies for Breach of Sales and Lease Contracts - 14.3-14.5
Chapter 21 - Warranties - 14.6
Part V - Negotiable Instruments and E-Money
Chapter 22 - Creation of Negotiable Instruments - 15.1-15.2
Chapter 23 - Holder in Due Course and Transferability - 15.3-15.5
Chapter 24 - Liability, Defenses, and Discharge - 16.1-16.2
Chapter 25 - Banks, E-Money, and Financial Reform - 16.3-16.4
Part VI - Credit, Secured Transactions, and Bankruptcy
Chapter 26 - Credit, Mortgages, and Debtor’s Rights - SU 25, 26.2-26.4
Chapter 27 - Secured Transactions and E-Filing - SU 18
Chapter 28 - Bankruptcy and Reorganization - SU 20
Part VII - Agency and Employment
Chapter 29 - Agency Formation and Termination - 29.1-29.3, 29.5
Chapter 30 - Liability of Principals, Agents, and Independent Contractors - 29.4
Chapter 31 - Employment, Worker Protection, and Immigration Law - 38.3-38.6
Chapter 32 - Labor Law and Collective Bargaining - 38.1
Chapter 33 - Equal Opportunity in Employment - 38.2
Part VIII - Business Organizations, Investor Protection, and Ethics
Chapter 34 - Small Business, Entrepreneurship, and General Partnerships - 30.1-30.4
Chapter 35 - Limited Partnerships and Special Partnerships - 30.5
Chapter 36 - Corporate Formation and Financing - 31.1-31.3
Chapter 37 - Corporate Governance and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act - 32.1-32.3
Chapter 38 - Corporate Acquisitions and Multinational Corporations - 32.4
Chapter 39 - Limited Liability Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships - 30.6
Chapter 40 - Franchises and Special Forms of Business - 30.6
Chapter 41 - Investor Protection, E-Securities, and Wall Street Reform - 31.4, 32.4, SU 33
Chapter 42 - Ethics and Social Responsibility of Business - 1.1
Part IX - Government Regulation
Chapter 43 - Administrative Law and Regulatory Agencies - SU 5
Chapter 44 - Consumer Protection and Product Safety - SU 37
Chapter 45 - Environmental Protection - SU 35
Chapter 46 - Antitrust Law and Unfair Trade Practices - SU 36, 39.2
Part X - Property and Insurance
Chapter 47 - Personal Property and Bailment - SU 21
Chapter 48 - Real Property - SUs 23-24
Chapter 49 - Landlord-Tenant Law and Land Use Regulation - SU 27, 23.6
Chapter 50 - Insurance - SU 34
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Part XI - Accounting Profession
Chapter 51 - Accountants’ Duties and Liability - SU 40
Part XII - Personal Law
Chapter 52 - Wills, Trusts, and Estates - SU 28
Chapter 53 - Family Law - N/A
Part XIII - Global Environment
Chapter 54 - International and World Trade Law - SU 39
Clarkson, Miller, and Cross, Business Law: Text and Cases: Legal, Ethical, Global, and Corporate Environment,
Twelfth Edition, South-Western College Publishing, 2012.
Part I - The Legal Environment of Business
Chapter 1 - Introduction to Law and Legal Reasoning - SU 1
Chapter 2 - Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution - SU 2, 3.6
Chapter 3 - Court Procedures - 3.1-3.5
Chapter 4 - Constitutional Authority to Regulate Business - SU 4
Chapter 5 - Ethics and Business Decision Making - 1.1
Part II - Torts and Crimes
Chapter 6 - Intentional Torts and Privacy - 7.1-7.4
Chapter 7 - Negligence and Strict Liability - 7.5-7.7
Chapter 8 - Intellectual Property and Internet Law - 21.1, 22.3
Chapter 9 - Criminal Law and Cyber Crime - SU 6, 22.5
Part III - Contracts and E-Contracts
Chapter 10 - Nature and Terminology - 8.1
Chapter 11 - Agreement in Traditional and E-Contracts - 8.2-8.3
Chapter 12 - Consideration - SU 9
Chapter 13 - Capacity and Legality - 10.1-10.2
Chapter 14 - Mistakes, Fraud, and Voluntary Consent - 10.3
Chapter 15 - The Statute of Frauds - Writing Requirement and Electronic Records - 10.4
Chapter 16 - Third Party Rights - SU 12
Chapter 17 - Performance and Discharge in Traditional and E-Contracts - 11.1-11.3
Chapter 18 - Breach of Contract and Remedies - SU 11
Part IV - Domestic and International Sales and Lease Contracts
Chapter 19 - The Formation of Sales and Lease Contracts - 13.1-13.3
Chapter 20 - Title, Risk, and Insurable Interest - 13.4-13.5
Chapter 21 - Performance and Breach of Sales and Lease Contracts - 14.1-14.5
Chapter 22 - Warranties and Product Liability - 7.7, 14.6
Chapter 23 - International Law in a Global Economy - SU 39
Part V - Negotiable Instruments
Chapter 24 - The Function and Creation of Negotiable Instruments - 15.1-15.3
Chapter 25 - Transferability and Holder in Due Course - 15.4-15.5
Chapter 26 - Liability, Defenses, and Discharge - 16.1-16.2
Chapter 27 - Checks and Banking in the Digital Age - 16.3-16.4
Part VI - Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy
Chapter 28 - Creditors’ Rights and Remedies - SU 19, 20.5, SU 26
Chapter 29 - Secured Transactions - SU 18
Chapter 30 - Bankruptcy Law - SU 20
Chapter 31 - Mortgages and Foreclosures after the Recession - N/A
Part VII - Agency and Employment
Chapter 32 - Agency Formation and Duties - 29.1-29.3
Chapter 33 - Agency Liability to Third Parties and Termination - 29.4-29.5
Chapter 34 - Employment, Immigration, and Labor Law - 38.1, 38.3-38.6
Chapter 35 - Employment Discrimination - 38.2
Part VIII - Business Organizations
Chapter 36 - Sole Proprietorships and Franchises - 30.6
Chapter 37 - Partnerships and Limited Liability Partnerships - 30.1-30.5
Chapter 38 - Limited Liability Companies and Special Business Forms - 30.6
Chapter 39 - Corporate Formation and Financing - 31.1-31.3
Chapter 40 - Corporate Directors, Officers, and Shareholders - 32.1-32.3
Chapter 41 - Corporate Merger, Consolidation, and Termination - 32.4
Chapter 42 - Securities Law and Corporate Governance - 31.1, SU 33
Chapter 43 - Law for Small Business - SU 30
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Part IX - Government Regulation
Chapter 44 - Administrative Law - SU 5
Chapter 45 - Consumer Law - SU 37
Chapter 46 - Environmental Law - SU 35
Chapter 47 - Antitrust Law - SU 36, 39.2
Chapter 48 - Professional Liability and Accountability - SU 40
Part X - Property and Its Protection
Chapter 49 - Personal Property and Bailments - SU 21
Chapter 50 - Real Property and Landlord-Tenant Relationships - SUs 23-25, SU 27
Chapter 51 - Insurance - SU 34
Chapter 52 - Wills and Trusts - SU 28
Clarkson, Miller, and Cross, Business Law: Texts and Cases, Thirteenth Edition, Cengage Learning, 2015.
Unit 1 - The Legal Environment of Business
Chapter 1 - Law and Legal Reasoning - SU 1
Chapter 2 - Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution - SU 2, 3.6
Chapter 3 - Court Procedures - 3.1-3.5
Chapter 4 - Business and the Constitution - SU 4
Chapter 5 - Business Ethics - 1.1
Unit 2 - Torts and Crimes
Chapter 6 - Torts - 7.1-7.4
Chapter 7 - Strict Liability and Product Liability - 7.5-7.7
Chapter 8 - Intellectual Property Rights - 21.1, 22.3
Chapter 9 - Internet Law, Social Media, and Privacy - SU 22
Chapter 10 - Criminal Law and Cyber Crime - SU 6, 22.5
Unit 3 - Contracts and E-Contracts
Chapter 11 - Nature and Terminology - 8.1
Chapter 12 - Agreement in Traditional and E-Contracts - 8.2-8.3
Chapter 13 - Consideration - SU 9
Chapter 14 - Capacity and Legality - 10.1-10.2
Chapter 15 - Mistakes, Fraud, and Voluntary Consent - 10.3
Chapter 16 - The Writing Requirement and Electronic Records - 10.4
Chapter 17 - Third Party Rights - SU 12
Chapter 18 - Performance and Discharge in Traditional and E-Contracts - 11.1-11.3
Chapter 19 - Breach of Contract and Remedies - SU 11
Unit 4 - Domestic and International Sales and Lease Contracts
Chapter 20 - Formation of Sales and Lease Contracts - 13.1-13.3
Chapter 21 - Title, Risk, and Insurable Interest - 13.4-13.5
Chapter 22 - Performance and Breach of Sales and Lease Contracts - 14.1-14.5
Chapter 23 - Warranties - 7.7, 14.6
Chapter 24 - International Law in a Global Economy - SU 39
Unit 5 - Negotiable Instruments
Chapter 25 - The Function and Creation of Negotiable Instruments - 15.1-15.3
Chapter 26 - Transferability and Holder in Due Course - 15.4-15.5
Chapter 27 - Liability, Defenses, and Discharge - 16.1-16.2
Chapter 28 - Banking in the Digital Age - 16.3-16.4
Unit 6 - Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy
Chapter 29 - Creditors’ Rights and Remedies - SU 19, 20.5, SU 26
Chapter 30 - Secured Transactions - SU 18
Chapter 31 - Bankruptcy Law - SU 20
Unit 7 - Agency and Employment
Chapter 32 - Agency Formation and Duties - 29.1-29.3
Chapter 33 - Agency Liability to Third Parties and Termination - 29.4-29.5
Chapter 34 - Employment, Immigration, and Labor Law - 38.1, 38.3-38.6
Chapter 35 - Employment Discrimination and Diversity - 38.2
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Unit 8 - Business Organizations
Chapter 36 - Sole Proprietorships and Franchises - 30.6
Chapter 37 - Partnerships and Limited Liability Partnerships - 30.1-30.5
Chapter 38 - Other Organizational Forms for Small Businesses - 30.6
Chapter 39 - Corporate Formation and Financing - 31.1-31.3
Chapter 40 - Corporate Directors, Officers, and Shareholders - 32.1-32.3
Chapter 41 - Mergers and Takeovers - 32.4
Chapter 42 - Securities Law and Corporate Governance - 31.1, SU 33
Unit 9 - Government Regulation
Chapter 43 - Administrative Agencies - SU 5
Chapter 44 - Consumer Law - SU 37
Chapter 45 - Environmental Law - SU 35
Chapter 46 - Antitrust Law - SU 36, 39.2
Chapter 47 - Professional Liability and Accountability - SU 40
Unit 10 - Property and Its Protection
Chapter 48 - Personal Property and Bailments - SU 21
Chapter 49 - Real Property and Landlord-Tenant Law - SUs 23-25, SU 27
Chapter 50 - Insurance - SU 34
Chapter 51 - Wills and Trusts - SU 28
Cross and Miller, The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases: Ethical, Regulatory, Global, and
Corporate Issues, Eighth Edition, South-Western College Publishing, 2012.
Part I - The Foundations
Chapter 1 - Business and Its Legal Environment - SU 1
Chapter 2 - The Court System - SU 2
Chapter 3 - Alternative and Online Dispute Resolution - 3.6
Chapter 4 - Ethics and Business Decision Making - 1.1, 40.1
Part II - The Public and International Environment
Chapter 5 - Constitutional Law - SU 4
Chapter 6 - Administrative Law - SU 5
Chapter 7 - Criminal Law and Cyber Crime - SU 6, 22.5
Chapter 8 - International Law in a Global Economy - SU 39
Part III - The Commercial Environment
Chapter 9 - Contract Formation - 8.1-8.3, SU 9, SU 10, SU 13
Chapter 10 - Contract Performance, Breach, and Remedies - SU 11, SU 12, SU 14
Chapter 11 - Sales, Leases, and E-Contracts - SU 13, SU 14, 22.1-22.4
Chapter 12 - Torts and Cyber Torts - SU 7, 22.1-22.4
Chapter 13 - Strict Liability and Product Liability - 7.6-7.7
Chapter 14 - Intellectual Property and Internet Law - 7.4, 21.1, SU 22
Chapter 15 - Creditor-Debtor Relations and Bankruptcy – SUs 18-20, SU 25, SU 26
Chapter 16 - Mortgages and Foreclosures after the Recession – N/A
Part IV - The Business Environment
Chapter 17 - Sole Proprietorships, Franchises, and Partnerships - SU 30
Chapter 18 - Limited Liability Companies and Limited Partnerships - 30.5-30.6
Chapter 19 - Corporations - SU 31, SU 32
Part V - The Employment Environment
Chapter 20 - Agency - SU 29
Chapter 21 - Employment Relationships - 38.3-38.6
Chapter 22 - Employment Discrimination - 38.2
Chapter 23 - Immigration and Labor Law - 38.1
Part VI - The Regulatory Environment
Chapter 24 - Consumer Protection - SU 37
Chapter 25 - Environmental Law - SU 35
Chapter 26 - Land-Use Control and Real Property - SU 23, SU 24
Chapter 27 - Antitrust and Monopoly - SU 36, 39.2
Chapter 28 - Antitrust and Restraint of Trade - SU 36, 39.2
Chapter 29 - Investor Protection and Corporate Governance - SU 33
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Cross and Miller, The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases, Ninth Edition, Cengage Learning, 2015.
Unit I - The Foundations
Chapter 1 - Law and Legal Reasoning - SU 1
Chapter 2 - The Court System - SU 2
Chapter 3 - Alternative and Online Dispute Resolution - 3.6
Chapter 4 - Business Ethics - 1.1, 40.1
Unit II - The Public and International Environment
Chapter 5 - Business and the Constitution - SU 4
Chapter 6 - Administrative Agencies - SU 5
Chapter 7 - Criminal Law and Cyber Crime - SU 6, 22.5
Chapter 8 - International Law in a Global Economy - SU 39
Unit III - The Commercial Environment
Chapter 9 - Formation of Traditional and E-Contracts - 8.1-8.3, SU 9, SU 10, SU 13
Chapter 10 - Contract Performance, Breach, and Remedies - SU 11, SU 12, SU 14
Chapter 11 - Sales and Lease Contracts - SU 13, SU 14, 22.1-22.4
Chapter 12 - Torts - SU 7, 22.1-22.4
Chapter 13 - Strict Liability and Product Liability - 7.6-7.7
Chapter 14 - Intellectual Property Rights - 7.4, 21.1, SU 22
Chapter 15 - Internet Law, Social Media, and Privacy - N/A
Chapter 16 - Creditor-Debtor Relations and Bankruptcy - SUs 18-20, SU 25, SU 26
Unit IV - The Business Environment
Chapter 17 - Small Business Organizations - SU 30
Chapter 18 - Limited Liability Business Forms - 30.5-30.6
Chapter 19 - Corporations - SU 31, SU 32
Unit V - The Employment Environment
Chapter 20 - Agency - SU 29
Chapter 21 - Employment Relationships - 38.3-38.6
Chapter 22 - Employment Discrimination - 38.2
Chapter 23 - Immigration and Labor Law - 38.1
Unit VI - The Regulatory Environment
Chapter 24 - Consumer Protection - SU 37
Chapter 25 - Environmental Law and Sustainability - SU 35
Chapter 26 - Real Property and Land Use Control - SU 23, SU 24
Chapter 27 - Antitrust Law - SU 36, 39.2
Chapter 28 - Investor Protection and Corporate Governance - SU 33
Davidson and Forsythe, Business in the Contemporary Legal Environment, Aspen Publishers, 2013.
Part I - Foundations of the Law
Chapter 1 - Introduction to the Business Legal Environment - SU 1
Chapter 2 - Business Ethics - 1.1, 40.1
Chapter 3 - The U.S. Legal System and Court Jurisdiction - SU 1, SU 2
Chapter 4 - Dispute Resolution - 3.6
Chapter 5 - International Considerations for Contemporary Businesses - SU 39
Part II - Governmental Influences
Chapter 6 - Constitutional Regulation of Business - SU 4
Chapter 7 - Administrative Regulation - SU 5
Chapter 8 - Protection of Intellectual Property - 21.1, SU 22
Part III - Contracts
Chapter 9 - Contract Formation - 8.2-8.3, SU 9
Chapter 10 - Contracts: Performance and Remedies - 11.3-11.4
Chapter 11 - Contracts for the Sale of Goods - 13.1-13.3
Part IV - Torts and Crimes
Chapter 12 - Torts - SU 7
Chapter 13 - Crimes and Business - SU 6, 22.5
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Part V - Agency and Business Organizations
Chapter 14 - Agency - SU 29
Chapter 15 - Business Organizations - SUs 30-32
Chapter 16 - Securities Regulation - SU 33
Part VI - The Regulatory Environment
Chapter 17 - Strategic Alliances and Antitrust Law - SU 36, 39.2
Chapter 18 - Consumer Protection - SU 37
Chapter 19 - Environmental Protection and Sustainability - SU 35
Chapter 20 - Labor and Fair Employment Practices - SU 38
Davidson, Forsythe, and Knowles, Business Law: Principles and Cases in the Legal Environment, First Edition,
Aspen Publishers, 2011.
Part I - Foundations of Law and the U.S. Legal System
Chapter 1 - Introduction to Law - SU 1
Chapter 2 - Business Ethics - 1.1, 40.1
Chapter 3 - The U.S. Legal System and Court Jurisdiction - SU 2
Chapter 4 - Dispute Resolution - 3.6
Chapter 5 - Constitutional Regulation of Business - SU 4
Chapter 6 - Torts - SU 7
Chapter 7 - Crimes and Business - SU 6, 22.5
Chapter 8 - International Law - SU 39
Part II - Contracts
Chapter 9 - Introduction to Contract Law and Contract Theory - 8.1
Chapter 10 - Contractual Formation: Offer, Acceptance, and Consideration - 8.2-8.3, SU 9
Chapter 11 - Elements that Can Negate a Contract: Capacity, Reality of Consent, and Illegality - SU 10
Chapter 12 - Writings and Interpretation of a Contract - 10.4, 11.1
Chapter 13 - The Rights of Third Parties; Assignments and Delegations - SU 12
Chapter 14 - Discharge and Remedies - SU 11
Part III - Sales and Leases
Chapter 15 - Formation of the Sales Contract: Contracts for Leasing Goods - 13.1-13.3
Chapter 16 - Title and Risk of Loss - 13.4-13.5
Chapter 17 - Performance and Remedies - 14.1-14.5
Chapter 18 - Warranties and Product Liability - 7.7, 14.6
Part IV - Negotiables
Chapter 19 - Introduction to Negotiables: UCC Article 3 and Article 7 - 15.1-15.2
Chapter 20 - Negotiability - 15.3
Chapter 21 - Negotiation and Holders in Due Course/Holders by Due Negotiation - 15.4-15.5
Chapter 22 - Negotiables: Liability and Discharge - 16.1-16.2
Chapter 23 - Bank-Customer Relations/Electronic Funds Transfers - 16.3-16.4, SU 17
Part V - Debtor-Creditor Relations
Chapter 24 - Secured Transactions: Interests and Perfection - 18.1-18.3
Chapter 25 - Secured Transactions: Priorities and Enforcement - 18.4-18.6
Chapter 26 - Other Credit Transactions - SU 17, SU 19, SU 26
Chapter 27 - Bankruptcy - SU 20
Part VI - Agency
Chapter 28 - Agency: Creation and Termination - 29.1, 29.5
Chapter 29 - Agency: Liability for Contracts - 29.2-29.4
Chapter 30 - Agency: Liability for Torts and Crimes - 29.2, 29.4
Part VII - Business Organizations
Chapter 31 - Formation of a Business - 30.1, 30.5-30.6, 31.1-31.2
Chapter 32 - Operation of a Business Organization - 30.2-30.3, 31.3, 32.1-32.3
Chapter 33 - Business Terminations and Other Extraordinary Events - 30.4, 32.4
Chapter 34 - Securities Regulation - SU 33
Part VIII - Government Regulation of Business
Chapter 35 - Antitrust Law - SU 36, 39.2
Chapter 36 - Consumer Protection - SU 37
Chapter 37 - Environmental Protection - SU 35
Chapter 38 - Labor and Fair Employment Practices - SU 38
Part IX - Property Protection
Chapter 39 - Real Property and Joint Ownership - SU 23, SU 24
Chapter 40 - Intellectual Property, Computers, and the Law - SU 22
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Hollowell and Miller, Business Law: Text and Exercises, Seventh Edition, South-Western College Publishing,
2014.
Unit 1 - The Law and Our Legal System
Chapter 1 - Introduction to the Law and Our Legal System - SU 1
Chapter 2 - Ethics in Business - 1.1, 40.1
Chapter 3 - The Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolutions - SU 2, SU 3
Chapter 4 - Constitutional Law - SU 4
Chapter 5 - Torts and Cyber Torts - SU 7, 22.1-22.4
Chapter 6 - Intellectual Property and Internet Law - 21.1, 22.3
Chapter 7 - Criminal Law and Cyber Crime - SU 6, 22.5
Unit 2 - Contracts
Chapter 8 - Introduction to Contracts - 8.1
Chapter 9 - Offer and Acceptance - 8.2-8.3
Chapter 10 - Consideration - SU 9
Chapter 11 - Capacity - 10.1
Chapter 12 - The Legality of Agreements - 10.2
Chapter 13 - Voluntary Consent - 10.3
Chapter 14 - Written Contracts - 10.4
Chapter 15 - Third Party Rights - SU 12
Chapter 16 - Contract Discharge and Remedies - 11.3-11.4
Chapter 17 - E-Contracts - SU 22
Unit 3 - Sales and Leases
Chapter 18 - Introduction to Sales and Lease Contracts - 13.1-13.3
Chapter 19 - Title and Risk of Loss - 13.4-13.5
Chapter 20 - Performance and Breach - 14.1-14.5
Chapter 21 - Warranties and Product Liability - 7.7, 14.6
Chapter 22 - Consumer Protection - SU 37
Unit 4 - Negotiable Instruments
Chapter 23 - The Essentials of Negotiability - 15.1-15.3
Chapter 24 - Transferability and Liability - 15.4-15.5, 16.1-16.2
Chapter 25 - Checks and Banking in the Digital Age - 16.3-16.4
Unit 5 - Agency and Employment
Chapter 26 - Agency - SU 29
Chapter 27 - Employment and Immigration Law - 38.3-38.6
Chapter 28 - Discrimination and Labor Law - 38.1-38.2
Unit 6 - Business Organizations
Chapter 29 - Sole Proprietorships, Partnerships, and Limited Liability Companies - SU 30
Chapter 30 - Formation and Termination of a Corporation - 31.1-31.3, 32.4
Chapter 31 - Management and Ownership of a Corporation - 32.1-32.3
Unit 7 - Credit and Risk
Chapter 32 - Secured Transactions - SU 18
Chapter 33 - Creditors’ Rights and Remedies - SU 19, SU 26
Chapter 34 - Bankruptcy - SU 20
Chapter 35 - Insurance - SU 34
Chapter 36 - Mortgages and Foreclosures - SU 25
Unit 8 - Property
Chapter 37 - Personal Property and Bailments - SU 21
Chapter 38 - Real Property - SUs 23-25
Chapter 39 - Landlord and Tenant Law - SU 27
Chapter 40 - Wills and Trusts - SU 28
Unit 9 - Special Topics
Chapter 41 - Administrative Law - SU 5
Chapter 42 - Antitrust Law - SU 36, 39.2
Chapter 43 - International Law - SU 39
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Mann and Roberts, Business Law and the Regulation of Business, Eleventh Edition, South-Western College
Publishing, 2014.
Part I - Introduction to Law and Ethics
Chapter 1 - Introduction to Law - SU 1
Chapter 2 - Business Ethics - 1.1, 40.1
Part II - The Legal Environment of Business
Chapter 3 - Civil Dispute Resolution - SU 2, SU 3
Chapter 4 - Constitutional Law - SU 4
Chapter 5 - Administrative Law - SU 5
Chapter 6 - Criminal Law - SU 6
Chapter 7 - Intentional Torts - 7.1-7.4
Chapter 8 - Negligence and Strict Liability - 7.5-7.7
Part III - Contracts
Chapter 9 - Introduction to Contracts - 8.1
Chapter 10 - Mutual Assent - 8.1-8.2
Chapter 11 - Conduct Invalidating Assent - 10.3
Chapter 12 - Consideration - SU 9
Chapter 13 - Illegal Bargains - 10.2
Chapter 14 - Contractual Capacity - 10.1
Chapter 15 - Contracts in Writing - 10.4
Chapter 16 - Third Parties to Contracts - SU 12
Chapter 17 - Performance, Breach, and Discharge - 11.1-11.3
Chapter 18 - Contract Remedies - 11.4
Part IV - Sales
Chapter 19 - Introduction to Sales and Leases - 13.1-13.3
Chapter 20 - Performance - 14.1-14.2
Chapter 21 - Transfer of Title and Risk of Loss - 13.4-13.5
Chapter 22 - Product Liability: Warranties and Strict Liability - 7.7, 14.6
Chapter 23 - Sales Remedies - 14.3-14.5
Part V - Negotiable Instruments
Chapter 24 - Form and Content - 15.1-15.3
Chapter 25 - Transfer and Holder in Due Course - 15.4, 15.5
Chapter 26 - Liability of Parties - 16.1-16.2
Chapter 27 - Bank Deposits, Collections, and Funds Transfers - 16.3-16.4
Part VI - Agency
Chapter 28 - Relationship of Principal and Agent - 29.1-29.3, 29.5
Chapter 29 - Relationship with Third Parties - 29.4
Part VII - Business Associations
Chapter 30 - Formation and Internal Relations of General Partnerships - 30.1, 30.4
Chapter 31 - Operation and Dissolution of General Partnerships - 30.2-30.4
Chapter 32 - Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies - 30.5-30.6
Chapter 33 - Nature and Formation of Corporations - 31.1-31.2
Chapter 34 - Financial Structure of Corporations - 31.3-31.4
Chapter 35 - Management Structure of Corporations - 32.1-32.3
Chapter 36 - Fundamental Changes of Corporations - 32.4
Part VIII - Debtor and Creditor Relations
Chapter 37 - Secured Transactions and Suretyship - SU 18, SU 19
Chapter 38 - Bankruptcy - SU 20
Part IX - Regulation of Business
Chapter 39 - Securities Regulation - SU 33
Chapter 40 - Intellectual Property - 21.1, 22.3
Chapter 41 - Employment Law - SU 38
Chapter 42 - Antitrust - SU 36
Chapter 43 - Accountants’ Legal Liability - SU 40
Chapter 44 - Consumer Protection - SU 37
Chapter 45 - Environmental Law - SU 35
Chapter 46 - International Business Law - SU 39
Part X - Property
Chapter 47 - Introduction to Property, Property Insurance, Bailments, and Documents of Title - 17.1, SU 21, SU 34
Chapter 48 - Interests in Real Property - SU 23
Chapter 49 - Transfer and Control of Real Property - SU 24
Chapter 50 - Trusts and Wills - SU 28
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McAdams, Law, Business, and Society, Tenth Edition, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2012.
Unit One - Business and Society
Chapter 1 - Capitalism and the Role of Government - N/A
Chapter 2 - Business Ethics - 1.1, 40.1
Chapter 3 - The Corporation and Public Policy: Expanding Responsibilities - SU 31, SU 32
Unit Two - Introduction to Law
Chapter 4 - The American Legal System - SUs 1-3
Chapter 5 - Constitutional Law and the Bill of Rights - SU 4
Chapter 6 - Contracts - SUs 8-14
Chapter 7 - Business Torts and Product Liability - 7.6-7.7, 14.6
Unit Three - Trade Regulation and Antitrust
Chapter 8 - Government Regulation of Business - 5.1
Chapter 9 - Business Organizations and Securities Regulation - SU 33
Chapter 10 - Antitrust Law - Restraints of Trade - SU 36
Chapter 11 - Antitrust Law - Monopolies and Mergers - SU 36
Unit Four - Employer-Employee Relations
Chapter 12 - Employment Law I: Employee Rights - 38.3-38.6
Chapter 13 - Employment Law II: Discrimination - 38.2
Chapter 14 - Employment Law III: Labor-Management Relations - 38.1
Unit Five - Selected Topics in Government-Business Relations
Chapter 15 - Consumer Protection - SU 37
Chapter 16 - International Ethics and Law - 7.7
Chapter 17 - Environmental Protection - SU 35
Chapter 18 - Internet Law and Ethics - 1.1, SU 22
Miller, Fundamentals of Business Law: Summarized Cases, Ninth Edition, South-Western College Publishing,
2013.
Unit I - The Legal Environment of Business
Chapter 1 - The Legal and Constitutional Environment of Business - SU 1
Chapter 2 - Traditional and Online Dispute Resolution - SU 2, SU 3
Chapter 3 - Ethics and Business Decision Making - 1.1, 40.1
Unit II - Torts and Crimes
Chapter 4 - Torts and Cyber Torts - SU 7, 22.1-22.4
Chapter 5 - Intellectual Property and Internet Law - 21.1, 22.3
Chapter 6 - Criminal Law and Cyber Crime - 6.1-6.7, 22.5
Unit III - Contracts
Chapter 7 - Nature and Classification - 8.1
Chapter 8 - Agreement in Traditional and E-Contracts - 8.2-8.3, SU 9
Chapter 9 - Consideration, Capacity, and Legality - 10.1-10.2
Chapter 10 - Defenses to Contract Enforceability - 10.3-10.4
Chapter 11 - Third Party Rights and Discharge - 11.1-11.3, SU 12
Chapter 12 - Breach and Remedies - 11.4
Unit IV - Sales and Lease Contracts
Chapter 13 - The Formation of Sales and Lease Contracts - 13.1-13.3
Chapter 14 - Performance and Breach of Sales and Lease Contracts - 14.1-14.5
Chapter 15 - Warranties and Product Liability - 7.7, 14.6
Unit V - Negotiable Instruments
Chapter 16 - Negotiability, Transferability, and Liability - SU 15, 16.1-16.2
Chapter 17 - Checks and Banking in the Digital Age - 16.3-16.4
Unit VI - Debtor-Creditor Relationships
Chapter 18 - Security Interests in Property - SU 18
Chapter 19 - Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy - SU 19, SU 20, SU 26
Chapter 20 - Mortgages and Foreclosures after the Recession - SU 25
Unit VII - Employment Relations
Chapter 21 - Agency Relationships - SU 29
Chapter 22 - Employment, Immigration, and Labor Law - SU 38
Unit VIII - Business Organizations
Chapter 23 - Sole Proprietorships, Partnerships, and Limited Liability Companies - SU 30
Chapter 24 - Corporate Formation, Financing, and Termination - 31.1-31.3, 32.4
Chapter 25 - Corporate Directors, Officers, and Shareholders - 32.1-32.3
Chapter 26 - Investor Protection, Insider Trading, and Corporate Governance - 31.4, SU 33
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Unit IX - Property and Its Protection
Chapter 27 - Personal Property and Bailments - SU 21
Chapter 28 - Real Property and Landlord-Tenant Law - SUs 23-25
Chapter 29 - Insurance, Wills, and Trusts - SU 28
Unit X - Special Topics
Chapter 30 - Liability of Accountants and Other Professionals - SU 40
Chapter 31 - International Law in a Global Economy - SU 39
Miller and Cross, Business Law, Alternate Edition, Twelfth Edition, South-Western College Publishing, 2013.
Part I - The Legal Environment of Business
Chapter 1 - Introduction to Law and Legal Reasoning - SU 1
Chapter 2 - Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution - SU 2, 3.6
Chapter 3 - Court Procedures - 3.1-3.5
Chapter 4 - Constitutional Authority to Regulate Business - SU 4
Chapter 5 - Ethics and Business Decision Making - 1.1, 40.1
Part II - Torts and Crimes
Chapter 6 - Intentional Torts and Privacy - 7.1-7.4
Chapter 7 - Negligence and Strict Liability - 7.5-7.7
Chapter 8 - Intellectual Property and Internet Law - 21.1, 22.3
Chapter 9 - Criminal Law and Cyber Crime - SU 6, 22.5
Part III - Contracts and E-Contracts
Chapter 10 - Nature and Terminology - 8.1
Chapter 11 - Agreement in Traditional and E-Contracts - 8.2-8.3
Chapter 12 - Consideration - SU 9
Chapter 13 - Capacity and Legality - 10.1-10.2
Chapter 14 - Mistakes, Fraud, and Voluntary Consent - 10.3
Chapter 15 - The Statute of Frauds - Writing Requirement and Electronic Records - 10.4
Chapter 16 - Third Party Rights - SU 12
Chapter 17 - Performance and Discharge in Traditional and E-Contracts - 11.1-11.3
Chapter 18 - Breach of Contract and Remedies - 11.4
Part IV - Domestic and International Sales and Lease Contracts
Chapter 19 - The Formation of Sales and Lease Contracts - 13.1-13.3
Chapter 20 - Title, Risk, and Insurable Interest - 13.4-13.5, SU 34
Chapter 21 - Performance and Breach of Sales and Lease Contracts - 14.1-14.5
Chapter 22 - Warranties and Product Liability - 7.7, 14.6
Chapter 23 - International Law in a Global Economy - SU 39
Part V - Negotiable Instruments
Chapter 24 - The Function and Creation of Negotiable Instruments - 15.1-15.3
Chapter 25 - Transferability and Holder in Due Course - 15.4-15.5
Chapter 26 - Liability, Defenses, and Discharge - 16.1-16.2
Chapter 27 - Checks and Banking in the Digital Age - 16.3-16.4
Part VI - Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy
Chapter 28 - Creditors’ Rights and Remedies - SU 19, SU 26
Chapter 29 - Secured Transactions - SU 18
Chapter 30 - Bankruptcy Law - SU 20
Chapter 31 - Mortgages and Foreclosures after the Recession - SU 25
Part VII - Agency and Employment
Chapter 32 - Agency Formation and Duties - 29.1-29.3
Chapter 33 - Liability to Third Parties and Termination - 29.4-29.5
Chapter 34 - Employment, Immigration, and Labor Law - 38.1, 38.3-38.6
Chapter 35 - Employment Discrimination - 38.2
Part VIII - Business Organizations
Chapter 36 - Sole Proprietorships and Franchises - 30.6
Chapter 37 - Partnerships and Limited Liability Partnerships - SU 30
Chapter 38 - Limited Liability Companies and Special Business Forms - 30.6
Chapter 39 - Corporate Formation and Financing - 31.1-31.3
Chapter 40 - Corporate Directors, Officers, and Shareholders - 32.1-32.3
Chapter 41 - Corporate Merger, Consolidation, and Termination - 32.4
Chapter 42 - Securities Law and Corporate Governance - SU 33
Chapter 43 - Law for Small Business - 30.6
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Part IX - Government Regulation
Chapter 44 - Administrative Law - SU 5
Chapter 45 - Consumer Law - SU 37
Chapter 46 - Environmental Law - SU 35
Chapter 47 - Antitrust Law - SU 36, 39.2
Chapter 48 - Professional Liability and Accountability - SU 40
Part X - Property and Its Protection
Chapter 49 - Personal Property and Bailments - SU 21
Chapter 50 - Real Property and Landlord-Tenant Relationships - SUs 23-25, SU 27
Chapter 51 - Insurance - SU 34
Chapter 52 - Wills and Trusts - SU 28
Miller and Cross, The Legal Environment Today: Business in its Ethical, Regulatory, E-Commerce, and Global
Setting, Seventh Edition, South-Western College Publishing, 2013.
Unit 1 - The Foundations
Chapter 1 - Business and Its Legal Environment - SU 1
Chapter 2 - Ethics and Business Decision Making - 1.1, 40.1
Chapter 3 - Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution - SU 2, SU 3
Chapter 4 - Constitutional Authority to Regulate Business - SU 4
Chapter 5 - Torts and Cyber Torts - SU 7, 22.1-22.4
Chapter 6 - Criminal Law and Cyber Crime - SU 6, 22.5
Chapter 7 - International Law in a Global Economy - SU 39
Unit 2 - The Commercial Environment
Chapter 8 - Intellectual Property and Internet Law - 7.4, 21.1, SU 22
Chapter 9 - Formation of Traditional and E-Contracts - SU 8, SU 9, SU 10, SU 13
Chapter 10 - Contract Performance, Breach, and Remedies - SU 11, SU 12, SU 14
Chapter 11 - Sales, Leases, and Product Liability - 22.1, 22.2
Chapter 12 - Creditor-Debtor Relations and Bankruptcy - SUs 18-20, SUs 25-26
Chapter 13 - Mortgages and Foreclosures after the Recession – N/A
Unit 3 - Business and Employment
Chapter 14 - Small Business Organizations - SUs 30-32
Chapter 15 - Corporations - SU 31, SU 32
Chapter 16 - Agency - SU 29
Chapter 17 - Employment, Immigration, and Labor Law - SU 38
Chapter 18 - Employment Discrimination - 38.2
Unit 4 - The Regulatory Environment
Chapter 19 - Powers and Functions of Administrative Agencies - SU 5
Chapter 20 - Consumer Protection - 7.4, SU 37
Chapter 21 - Protecting the Environment - SU 35
Chapter 22 - Land-Use Control and Real Property - SU 23
Chapter 23 - Antitrust Law and Promoting Competition - SU 36
Chapter 24 - Investor Protection and Corporate Governance - 31.4, SU 32, SU 33
Miller and Jentz, Business Law Today: Text and Summarized Cases, Standard Edition, Tenth Edition, SouthWestern College Publishing, 2014.
Unit I - The Legal Environment of Business
Chapter 1 - The Legal Environment - SU 1
Chapter 2 - Constitutional Law - SU 4
Chapter 3 - Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution - SU 2, SU 3
Chapter 4 - Torts and Cyber Torts - SU 7, 22.5
Chapter 5 - Intellectual Property and Internet Law - 21.1, 22.3
Chapter 6 - Criminal Law and Cyber Crime - SU 6, 22.5
Chapter 7 - Ethics and Business Decision Making - 1.1, SU 40
Chapter 8 - International Law in a Global Economy - SU 39
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Unit II - Contracts
Chapter 9 - Nature and Classification - 8.1
Chapter 10 - Agreement in Traditional and E-Contracts - 8.2-8.3
Chapter 11 - Consideration, Capacity, and Legality - SU 9, 10.1-10.2
Chapter 12 - Defenses to Contract Enforceability - 10.3-10.4
Chapter 13 - Third Party Rights and Discharge - 11.1-11.3, SU 12
Chapter 14 - Breach and Remedies - 11.4
Unit III - Commercial Transactions
Chapter 15 - The Formation of Sales and Lease Contracts - 13.1-13.3
Chapter 16 - Performance and Breach of Sales and Lease Contracts - 14.1-14.5
Chapter 17 - Warranties and Product Liability - 7.7, 14.6
Chapter 18 - Negotiable Instruments: Transferability and Liability - SU 15
Chapter 19 - Checks and Banking in the Digital Age - 16.3-16.4, SU 22
Chapter 20 - Secured Transactions - SU 18
Chapter 21 - Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy - SU 19, SU 20, SU 26
Chapter 22 - Mortgages and Foreclosures after the Recession - SU 25
Unit IV - Agency and Employment Law
Chapter 23 - Agency Relationships in Business - SU 29
Chapter 24 - Employment, Immigration, and Labor Law - SU 38
Chapter 25 - Employment Discrimination and Diversity - 38.2
Unit V - Business Organizations
Chapter 26 - Sole Proprietorships and Private Franchises - 30.6
Chapter 27 - All Forms of Partnership - 30.1-30.5
Chapter 28 - Limited Liability Companies and Special Business Forms - 30.6
Chapter 29 - Corporate Formation, Merger, and Termination - SU 31
Chapter 30 - Corporate Directors, Officers, and Shareholders - 32.1-32.3
Chapter 31 - Investor Protection, Insider Trading, and Corporate Governance - 31.4, SU 33
Unit VI - Government Regulation
Chapter 32 - Promoting Competition - SU 36
Chapter 33 - Consumer and Environmental Law - SU 35, SU 37
Chapter 34 - Liability of Accountants and Other Professionals - SU 40
Unit VII - Property and Its Protection
Chapter 35 - Personal Property and Bailments - SU 21
Chapter 36 - Real Property and Landlord-Tenant Law - SUs 23-25, SU 27
Chapter 37 - Insurance, Wills, and Trusts - SU 28
Reed, Pagnattaro, Cahoy, Shedd, and Morehead, The Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business, Sixteenth
Edition, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2013.
Part One - Introduction to Law
Chapter 1 - Law as a Foundation for Business - SU 1
Chapter 2 - The Role of Ethics in Decision Making - SU 1
Part Two - Courts and Dispute Resolution
Chapter 3 - The Court System - SU 2
Chapter 4 - Litigation - 3.1-3.5
Chapter 5 - Alternative Dispute Resolution - 3.6
Part Three - Legal Foundations for Business
Chapter 6 - The Constitution - SU 4
Chapter 7 - The Property System - SU 21, SUs 23-25
Chapter 8 - Contract Formation - SUs 8-14
Chapter 9 - Contractual Performance and Agency - SUs 8-14
Chapter 10 - Torts Affecting Business - SU 7
Chapter 11 - Intellectual Property - 21.1
Chapter 12 - International Law - SU 39
Chapter 13 - Criminal Law and Business - SU 6, 22.5
Chapter 14 - Corporate Governance and Business Organizations - SUs 30-32
Part Four - The Regulatory Landscape for Business
Chapter 15 - The Commerce Clause and the Regulatory Process - SU 4
Chapter 16 - Regulating Competition -- Antitrust Laws - SU 36
Chapter 17 - Financial and Securities Regulations - SU 33
Chapter 18 - Regulations Protecting Consumers - SU 37
Chapter 19 - Environmental Regulation - SU 35
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Part Five - The Employer-Employee Relationship
Chapter 20 - Discrimination in Employment - 38.2
Chapter 21 - Employment Laws - 38.1, 38.3-38.6
Chapter 22 - Labor-Management Relationship - 38.1, 38.3-38.6
Twomey and Jennings, Anderson’s Business Law and the Legal Environment, Twenty-second Edition, SouthWestern College Publishing, 2014.
Part I - The Legal and Social Environment of Business
Chapter 1 - The Nature and Sources of Law - SU 1
Chapter 2 - The Court System and Dispute Resolution - SU 2, SU 3
Chapter 3 - Business Ethics, Social Forces, and The Law - SU 1, 40.1
Chapter 4 - The Constitution as the Foundation of the Legal Environment - SU 4
Chapter 5 - Government Regulation of Competition and Prices - SU 36
Chapter 6 - Administrative Agencies - 5.1-5.4
Chapter 7 - The Legal Environment of International Trade - SU 39
Chapter 8 - Crimes - SU 6, 22.5
Chapter 9 - Torts - SU 7
Chapter 10 - Intellectual Property Rights and the Internet - 21.1, 22.3
Chapter 11 - Cyberlaw - SU 22
Part II - Contracts
Chapter 12 - Nature and Classes of Contracts: Contracting on the Internet - 8.1, SU 22
Chapter 13 - Formation of Contracts: Offer and Acceptance - 8.2-8.3
Chapter 14 - Capacity and Genuine Assent - 10.1, 10.3
Chapter 15 - Consideration - SU 9
Chapter 16 - Legality and Public Policy - 10.2
Chapter 17 - Writing, Electronic Forms, and Interpretation of Contracts - 10.4, 11.1, 22.1
Chapter 18 - Third Persons and Contracts - SU 12
Chapter 19 - Discharge of Contracts - 11.3
Chapter 20 - Breach of Contract and Remedies - 11.4
Part III - Sales and Leases of Goods
Chapter 21 - Personal Property and Bailments - SU 21
Chapter 22 - Legal Aspects of Supply Chain Management - N/A
Chapter 23 - Nature and Form of Sales - 13.1-13.3
Chapter 24 - Title and Risk of Loss - 13.4-13.5
Chapter 25 - Product Liability: Warranties and Torts - 14.6
Chapter 26 - Obligations and Performance - 14.1-14.2
Chapter 27 - Remedies for Breach of Sales Contracts - 14.3-14.5
Part IV - Negotiable Instruments
Chapter 28 - Kinds of Instruments, Parties, and Negotiability - 15.1-15.3
Chapter 29 - Transfers of Negotiable Instruments and Warranties of Parties - 15.4-15.5
Chapter 30 - Liability of the Parties under Negotiable Instruments - 16.1
Chapter 31 - Checks and Funds Transfers - 16.3-16.4
Part V - Debtor-Creditor Relationships
Chapter 32 - Nature of the Debtor-Creditor Relationship - SU 19, SU 26
Chapter 33 - Consumer Protection - SU 37
Chapter 34 - Secured Transactions in Personal Property - SU 18
Chapter 35 - Bankruptcy - SU 20
Chapter 36 - Insurance - SU 34
Part VI - Agency and Employment
Chapter 37 - Agency - SU 29
Chapter 38 - Third Persons In Agency - 29.4
Chapter 39 - Regulation of Employment - SU 38
Chapter 40 - Equal Employment Opportunity Law - 38.2
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Part VII - Business Organizations
Chapter 41 - Types of Business Organizations - SU 30, SU 31
Chapter 42 - Partnerships - SU 30
Chapter 43 - LPs, LLCs, and LLPs - SU 30
Chapter 44 - Corporation Formation - SU 31
Chapter 45 - Shareholder Rights in Corporations - 32.3
Chapter 46 - Securities Regulation - SU 33
Chapter 47 - Accountants’ Liability and Malpractice - SU 40
Chapter 48 - Management of Corporations - SU 32
Part VIII - Real Property and Estates
Chapter 49 - Real Property - SU 23, SU 24
Chapter 50 - Environmental Law and Land Use Controls - SU 35
Chapter 51 - Leases - 13.1
Chapter 52 - Decedents’ Estates and Trusts - SU 28